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Friday, November 30, 2012

Master List of Genealogy To-Dos

For 2012, I had a list of 12 things I wanted to accomplish. I think I did a great job:

1. Finish rough draft of Dukes of
Mixager. DONE

2. Edit Dukes of Mixager. DONE

3. Publish Dukes of Mixager. DONE

4. Finish rough draft of Chicken Wings
and Peas. DONE

5. Edit Chicken Wings and Peas. Adding footnotes and final edit.

6. Publish Chicken Wings and Peas. Pending footnotes and final edit.

7. Put together a photo book of
William Mason Conner. I incorporated
this into the Dukes of Mixager. Done.

8. Order death certificates from Iowa. Done.

9. Order Civil War pension file and
service records for Miles Price. Done.

10. Write up John Shelton and do research on
Shelton line.Move to 2013.

11. Write at least one post per week on genealogy
blog and family blog.Getting better

12. Do not get sidetracked by other projects. Working on it.

For 2013, I looked at the master list of to-do’s that
I just keep adding to. I thought I would share my current list of
Genealogy Things I Want to Do Someday and then my 2013 list of things I want to do:

Haakon County, South Dakota where my
2nd great grandfather had a homestead

Sacramento- 2nd great grandparent's
house

Sacramento- Roots Cellar Library

Massachusetts- New England Historic
Genealogical Society

Massachusetts- Plymouth again

Indiana- Allen County Public Library
again

San Francisco- Sutro Library

Salt Lake City- Family History
Library

Motor home the Civil War route that
Miles’ took

Carluke, Scotland

Go on a genealogy cruise

WRITING

Write a book about my
dad

Write a book about Miles Price

Write a book about the Mariani
family

Complete a genealogy scrapbook

Enter footnotes to
Duke’s bookWrite a 5-generation book of the kids' ancestorsWrite my personal family history bookPicture book of Christmas decorations Revisit blog posts and update to provide source info

CONFERENCES

Roots Tech

FGS conference

NGS conference

RESEARCH AND EDUCATION

Find out more about Miles Price’s
parents

Take classes at National Institute
for Genealogical Studies

Learn to do presentations

Learn Photoshop

Learn inDesignLearn how to do a for-family podcastUpdate my website with all new features Map and pin where ancestors were from and lived